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Cool idea for vintage cars that were unremarkable when it came to driving characteristics or where only the frame and/or body survived with no drivetrain and ha
by asimovDev 5mo ago
Cool idea for vintage cars that were unremarkable when it came to driving characteristics or where only the frame and/or body survived with no drivetrain and hard to source donors.
- tclancy 5mo agoFirst thought was this should make for some fun resto-mods.
- reverius42 5mo agoIf I had infinite time and money, I would do this to a DeLorean.
- tclancy 5mo agoWhere is your sense of adventure? If you do it to a DeLorean, you might wind up with infinite time. Plus, pretty much every local car show I've been to has a handful of DeLoreans that I'd assume the owners are probably over maintaining. Actually, scratch that, let's go into a 3D printing business for DeLorean replacement parts to get the money thing down.
- dotancohen 5mo agoMany DeLorean parts - famously excluding the left fender - are still available as NOS from the company that bought John DeLorean's factory. In fact, there are still complete, servicable engines _and chassis_ available. And the chassis are already registered with a VIN, so when built can be sold as a new 1984 model year vehicle.
- raverbashing 5mo agoCurious what's the issue with the left fender
- SoftTalker 5mo agoProbably a frequently damaged part, it's the part that will be hit first if you pull out into the path of another car.
- dotancohen 5mo agoIf I remember correctly, it was the next part to be manufactured en mass before the factory shut down. They'd do a few days of X part, another few days of Y part, etc, in rotation. Another part of the factory was assembling the complete vehicles from the parts in stock.
- tclancy 5mo agoJust to be clear, you really stomped on my Back to the Future joke, weak as it was.
- dotancohen 5mo agoGreat Scott! This is heavy. If we go back 60 minutes, maybe your joke still lands.
- BizarroLand 5mo agoThere's a video series on youtube about a guy that did just that. He bought a Chevy Bolt and swapped everything over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVaQtd0LQRI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVaQtd0LQRI
- spankalee 5mo ago[dead]
- m463 5mo ago> vintage cars that were unremarkable Yeah, I thought of the first corvettes that had catalytic converters: 1974 models had the last true dual exhaust system that was dropped on the 1975 models with the introduction of catalytic converters requiring the use of no-lead fuel. Engine power decreased with the base ZQ3 engine producing 165 hp (123 kW; 167 PS), the optional L82's output 205 hp (153 kW; 208 PS), while the 454 big-block engine was discontinued. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette